The Peleliu airstrip, also known as the Sledge ... the Imperial Japanese forces suffered an estimated 10,900 casualties. Marine Corps Engineer Detachment Palau 24.1 has made efforts to restore ...

The airfield on Peleliu was originally a Japanese construction ... resulting in one-third of the force dead or injured. This ...

With the Old Breed : At Peleliu and Okinawa He was assigned to the 1st Marine Division as a replacement, and trained as a mortarman. He fought on Peleliu in September of 1944, and on Okinawa in ...

Among American works I have recently been impressed by Joseph Wheelan’s Bitter Peleliu. Wheelan, to a degree, is reprising his 2020 Okinawa study, while what he says about Peleliu will not surprise ...